Koi UFO Video 133

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Koi UFO Video 133 : Large UFO over Iraq (Section 51)

[DEBUNKED] Koi UFO Video 133 appears to show several soldiers in a desert looking at a large UFO hovering in the distance. A caption on the video states "September 2016 - Iraq, Bazian Area - US Soldiers Recon Squad Sent To Confirm Huge UFO Hovering Over Village...". A logo on the UFO video refers to "Section 51".

This video was posted online in September 2016 by "Section 51" with the title "Large UFO appears over IRAQ !!! Sept 2016". It had received over 73,000 views within its first week online.

As detailed below, Scott Brando let me know that he had found the source footage to which the "UFO" had been added. The source video (without any "UFO"...) had been online since October 2013 - i.e. nearly 3 years before the "UFO" was supposedly filmed and uploaded.

As I've been trying to point out to the UFO community since about the middle of 2015, "Section 51" is a small team that has previously described THEMSELVES as "Internet-video creators specialized in dreaming up sci-fi, action YouTube videos, jam-packed with stunning VFX". They offered various incentives for those prepared to provide funding for their projects. For example, in return for a small fee, they offer to take the video of your choice and "we insert an original UFO on it". Few of the discussions of Section 51's videos mention these facts, which I consider rather important to any meaningful assessment of the reliability of the many "UFO" videos posted by "Section 51" - several of which I have previously discussed...

Sections below:

1. The relevant video

2. Stories and claims relating to this video

3. The real background to this video

4. Relevant online discussions

1. The relevant video

Koi UFO Video 133 appears to show several soldiers in a desert looking at a large UFO hovering in the distance. A caption on the video states "September 2016 - Iraq, Bazian Area - US Soldiers Recon Squad Sent To Confirm Huge UFO Hovering Over Village...". A logo on the UFO video refers to "Section 51".

Screen shots from this video are included below for ease of identification.

2. Stories and claims relating to this video

This video was posted online in September 2016 by "Section 51" with the title "Large UFO appears over IRAQ !!! Sept 2016". It had received over 73,000 views within its first week online.

3. The real background to this video

Scott Brando let me know that he had found the source footage to which the "UFO" had been added. The source video (without any "UFO"...) had been online since October 2013 - i.e. nearly 3 years before the "UFO" was supposedly filmed and uploaded.

The relevant source footage can be seen on Youtube at the link below:

The text accompanying the source footage stated the following:

"Soldiers of Company D, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th IBCT, 3rd ID, conduct an overwatch mission for an Afghan National Security Forces supply convoy near Combat Outpost Soltan Kheyl, Wardak Province, Afghanistan on Oct. 5, 2013. Video by Sgt. Brittany Armstrong | 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs"

Here are some screenshots from that original footage:

The logo in the UFO video refers to "Section 51", a name which commonly appears on lists of known/probable hoaxers of UFO videos - such as a black list on the amusing "UFO Theater" website:

As I've repeatedly tried to communicate to the UFO community, behind the Youtube username that uploaded this "UFO" video (i.e. Section 51) is a in fact a small team that has described THEMSELVES as "Internet-video creators specialized in dreaming up sci-fi, action YouTube videos, jam-packed with stunning VFX". They offer various incentives for those prepared to provide funding for their science-fiction projects (which include planned movies). The incentives include offering, for a small fee, to take the video of your choice and "we insert an original UFO on it".

So now you know what present to get for the ufologist that has everything!

The various other "UFO" videos created by "Section 51" include Koi UFO Video 085. That appears to show a triangular craft causing a large explosion, with a tank in the foreground. It was uploaded to Youtube in May 2014 with a caption stating that it US marines had filmed a mysterious UFO attacking a Taliban cam in the Asadabad District of Afghanistan in March 2014. Many of the early comments on the video speculated that it should a TR-3B (a secret flying triangle aircraft operated by the US Air Force). One copy of the video on Youtube has approximately 2.5 million views as at October 2014. The video was the subject of an article by a popular British newspaper, The Daily Maill. In fact, the "triangular craft" was CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) inserted into footage of an explosion which had been online since 2007, i.e. for about 7 years before the "UFO" event supposedly occurred.

Other "UFO" videos created by "Section 51" (in relation to which I have previously posted the original footage into which a "UFO" was composited by Section 51...) include Koi UFO Video 104, which supposedly shows a UFO attacking China - but in fact is edited footage of a tanker explosion:

Other videos created by "Section 51" debunked on this website include Koi UFO Video 111:

4. Relevant online discussions

Quite a few comments on this UFO video were posted in the comments section on Youtube. As at September 2016 the number of "thumbs up" votes for this Section 51 "UFO" video on Youtube was roughly double the number of "thumbs down" votes.